Can spines tell a story?
The short-beaked echidna, native to Australia, is an excellent model of a monotreme, which are egg-laying mammals. Egg-laying is closely...
What’s in a Whisker?
WHAT’S IN A SEAL’S WHISKER? WHY? Scientists are always looking for unique ways to obtain non-invasive tissues for physiological analysis...
The Power of Non-Invasive Fecal Biomarker Testing
Non-invasive fecal hormone analysis for stress and reproduction assessment in wildlife studies Hormone levels are widely used to measure stress...
Novel Tools for Reproductive Biology
Novel Tools for Reproductive Biology Cell-based models are indispensable tools in the study of embryology and reproductive biology. However, the...
Anxiety and Sex Hormones
Statistics from the National Institute of Mental Health show almost 20% of all adults in the United States suffer from...
Validation of 8 Assays in 8 Species of Whales
Even with significant protections in place, whale populations continue to be low relative to apparent historic norms. Unfortunately, the reasons...
Validation of Water-Borne steroid Hormones
As human population grows, our species continues to expand into habitats previously occupied by other species around the globe. Unfortunately,...
Validation of 8 Assays in 8 Species
Even with significant protections in place, whale populations continue to be low relative to apparent historic norms. Unfortunately, the reasons...